OGME Corner

Susan Rall, M.Ed.

 

On Saturday, January 14th the 2016 General Surgery In-Service Examination was administered electronically to over 634 examinees at more than 50 training sites across the country. With few exceptions, the delivery of the exam went without difficulty. All osteopathic general surgery residents training in AOA-approved general surgery residency training programs are required to complete the annual exam to comply with the AOA/ACOS Basic Standards for Residency Training in Surgery and the Surgical Specialties (Section III, 4.1.6). 

There is no passing score for the exam, which is a diagnosis-oriented, criterion-referenced achievement test that measures the degree to which residents have mastered the general surgery residency model curriculum. The purpose of the exam is to assist the program director in the evaluation of the resident’s level of knowledge relative to other resident’s knowledge at the same level of training, to identify a resident’s area of weakness, to track a resident’s progress, and to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each residency program.

The General Surgery In-Service Examination Committee extends their congratulations to the following residents who received the highest scores for their level of training:

OGME 1
Ahmed Ghamraoui, D.O.
Larkin Hospital

OGME 2
Michael Zemaitis, D.O.
Care Point Bayonne Medical Center

OGME 3
Daria Abolghasemi, D.O.
St. Joseph’s Regional Hospital

OGME 4
Ryan Sheldon, D.O.
Detroit Medical Center

OGME 5
Major Burger, D.O.
Doctors Hospital

A special congratulations to the individual with the highest score, Major Burger, D.O. This is Dr. Burger’s fourth consecutive year to receive the highest score.

The general surgery resident training program attaining the highest collective average on the GS In-Service Examination is Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, CA. Dr. Joseph V. Davis is the program director. This is the second year in a row that Arrowhead received the highest program score. Dr. Davis should be commended on a job well done.

Individual exam results have been distributed to program directors to use as a tool to identify strengths and weaknesses in their programs and in their residents. Program results for all ACOS approved GS programs can be viewed on the ACOS website here .